Balraj, Ashwini emerge champions

Balraj Kajla and Ashwini Bhat K bagged the under-19 titles in the boys’ and girls’ categories respectively in the Junior and Sub-junior State-ranking badminton tournament at the White Peacock Academy on Tuesday.

In the boys’ final, Balraj defeated Nikhil Shyam Sriram 10-21, 21-17, 21-18 to emerge winner while Ashwini brushed aside a challenge from Archana Pai to win 21-5, 21-12 in the girls’ final.

There was more joy for Ashwini, as she clinched the U-17 doubles crown partnering Mithula UK. The duo defeated Ramya CV and Sheethal D 21-3, 21-8 in the final.

Results: Boys: U-19: Singles: Final: Balraj Kajla bt Nikhil Shyam Sriram 10-21, 21-17, 21-18.

Semifinals: Balraj bt Raghu M 21-16, 21-19; Nikhil Shyam Sriram bt Glanish Ashley Pinto 21-17, 21-16.

Doubles: Final: Raghu M/ Saif Ali bt Kushal Raj S/ Rahul B Prasad 21-19, 23-21.

Semifinals: Kushal/ Rahul B Prasad bt Anirudh S Deshpande/ Balraj 21-13, 14-21, 22-20; Raghu/ Saif Ali bt Rishab Sutgattimath V/ Saravana S 21-13, 21-16.

U-17: singles: final: Mayuresh Janpandit bt Tejas Kallolkar 20-22, 21-16, 21-16.

Semifinals: Mayuresh bt Bhargav S Gowda 21-18, 21-18; Tejas Kallolkar bt Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad 21-18, 6-21, 21-13.

Doubles: final: Mayuresh/ Sai Pratheek Krishna Prasad bt Ajinkya Joshi/ Tejas Kallolkar 18-21, 21-18, 21-16.

Semifinals: Mayuresh/ Sai Pratheek bt Aryan Devrani/ Ponnappa CS 21-8, 21-11; Ajinkya Joshi/ Tejas bt Pavan R Kumar/ Saneeth 21-15, 21-19.

U-15: singles: final: Ajinkya Joshi bt Pruthvi Roy K 17-21, 21-10, 21-8.
Semifinals: Ajinkya  bt Shashank Reddy Vanukuri 21-12, 21-16; Pruthvi Roy K bt Saneeth S Dayanand 18-21, 21-13, 22-20.

Doubles: final: Ajinkya/ Saket CS bt Chinmaya Venkatesh/ Shashank Reddy Vanukuri 18-21, 21-13, 21-18 .

Semifinals: Ajinkya/ Saket CS bt Chiranjeevi Reddy S/ Suhas V 21-14, 21-19; Chinmaya Venkatesh/ Shashank bt Pavan R Kumar/Saneeth 21-11, 19-21, 21-16.

U-13: Singles: final: Ayush Shetty bt Sujal Shekar 20-22, 21-11, 21-6.

Semifinals: Sujal bt Aditya Diwakar 21-18, 21-16; Ayush Shetty bt Sujnyan Ulhas Kini 21-14, 6-21, 21-17.

Doubles: final: Aditya Diwakar / Sujnyan Ulhas Kini bt Ayush Shetty/ Nicholas Nathan Raj 21-12, 21-18.
Semifinals: Ayush/ Nicholas Nathan Raj bt Goutham M/ Tarun Morab 21-16, 21-18; Aditya/ Sujnyan bt Santrupth HV/ Sujal Shekar 17-21, 21-15, 21-9.

Girls: U-19: Singles: Final: Ashwini Bhat K bt Archana Pai 21-5, 21-12.

Semifinals: Ashwini  bt Apeksha Nayak 21-16, 21-14; Archana bt Trisha Hegde 21-17, 21-12.

Doubles: final: Apeksha Nayak/ Archana Pai bt Ashwini/ Mithula UK 15-21, 21-15, 21-15.
Semifinals: Apeksha/ Archana bt Aanchal Dhawan/ Deethya 21-7, 21-13; Ashwini/ Mithula bt Ananya/ Medha 21-7, 17-21, 21-13.

U-17: Singles: final: Richa Muktibodh bt Sheethal D 21-3, 18-21, 21-19.
Semifinals: Richa Muktibodh bt Deepthi Ramesh 18-21, 10-5; Sheethal D bt Medha Shashidharan 21-15, 21-4.

Doubles: Final: Ashwini Bhat K/ Mithula UK bt Ramya CV/ Sheethal D 21-3, 21-8.

Semifinals: Ashwini Bhat K/ Mithula UK bt Gagana NS/ Ranjini Hegde 21-10, 21-9; Ramya CV/ Sheethal bt Aanchal Dhawan/ Deethya 20-22, 21-11,  21-14.

U-15: Singles: final: Richa Muktibodh bt Medha Shashidharan 21-15, 15-21, 21-16.

Semifinals: Richa Muktibodh bt Ananya Praveen 19-21, 21-15, 21-18; Medha Shashidharan bt Keerthana P Shroff 21-11, 18-21, 21-18.

Doubles: final: Ananya Praveen/ Medha Shashidharan bt Keerthana P Shroff/ Tanya Hemanth 21-14, 21-13.

Semifinals: Ananya/ Medha bt Karnika Sree S/ Prachitha P 21-6, 21-10; Keerthana/ Tanya Hemanth bt Niyati Prabhu N/ Shruti Moghe 21-13, 21-11.

U-13: Singles: Final: Vijetha Harish bt Shraddha Hegde 21-12, 21-14. Semifinals: Vijetha bt Neysa Cariappa A 21-12, 21-12; Shraddha bt Gloria V Athavale 21-7, 21-8.

Doubles: final: Shraddha/ Vijetha Harish bt Gayathri Rani Jaiswal/ Thanusrhee Anand 21-4, 21-6; Semifinals: Shraddha/ Vijetha bt Neysa/ Vibha Koundinya 21-11, 21-10; Gayathri Rani Jaiswal/ Thanusrhee Anand bt Anannya Joishy/ Gloria 21-13, 19-21, 21-18.
Mixed doubles: U-19: final: Balraj Kajla/ Mithula UK bt Abi Amudhan S/ Ranjini Hegde 21-11, 21-9; Semifinals: Balraj/ Mithula bt Glanish Ashley Pinto/ Ashma Glancia Pinto 21-11, 21-10; Abi / Ranjini bt Nithin HV/ Spandana Bekal 21-14, 21-12.